Page Four
Lit Club
Chooses
Officers
The Behrend Campus Literary
Club, under the advisorhip of Mr.
Wilcox, held a preliminary organ
ization meeting on Tuesday, Nov
ember 20, 1962. The following of
ficers were elected; John Thomp
son, President; Dave Craley, Vice-
President; and Pat Coggeshall,
Secretary-Treasurer.
Literary Club activities, which
will include discussions, field
trips, possible Common Hour pro
grams, and the publishing of
Icarus, the Behrend Campus stu
dent literary magazine, will be
held during the winter term. Po
etry, prose and any other type of
literary composition will be ac
cepted at any time during the win
ter and spring terms by the ad
visor, Mr. Wilcox, or any club
member. All students of the
Behrend Campus may submit
manuscripts of their own work.
Turnbull Award
Highest Behrend
Campus Honor
As the years drift by at Behrend,
the campus occasionally sees
among its student body one per
son whose devotion and services
to the campus set him (or her)
above the rest of the student
body. This does not generally hap
pen every year, but neither is it
impossible.
The need. for some type of rec
ognition of such a student was felt
early in the history of the Behr
end Campus. Several years ago,
this need was fullfilled when the
Turnball Award was instituted.
The Turnball Award was given
to that student who, in the opinion
of the students and faculty of the
campus, has contributed most to
the ideals of the Behrend Camups.
The award is given in memory of
the 'beloved history instructor
Thomas H. Turnball, who died in
1956. It is the highest non-aca
demic award granted at Behrend.
The recipients of the award,
either sophomore or freshman,
have given their services far in
excess of what was asked of them,
while continuing to maintain their
academic standing. Presented at
THE NITTANY CUB
FAME, FORTUNE
ARE BECKONING
Students of Behrend Campus,
arise! Gather together your pens,
pencils, inks, crayons, paints, and
brushes and take heed!
Fourteen years have passed
since. the Behrend Campus was
founded: yet, the campus still
does not have its own song or its
own ensignia. The time has come!
The NITTANY CUB, with the
cooperation of Mr. Benjamin A.
Lane, dean of student affairs, is
sponsoring a contest for those
who might nike to design an in
signia or write a school song.
The insignia need not be elab
orate, but should be in good taste
and unique to the Behrend Cam
pus, e,g.. not taken from another
school or institution. The Penn
State emblem used in the mast
head of this paper is a good ex
ample.
The same criteria should be
followed in writing a Behrend
song. However, since everyone
cannot write music, words may be
set to the tune of any song the
writer prefers.
Anyone may enter the contest,
and everyone is encouraged to do
so. Deadline for entries will be
Thursday, Februar'y 14 - St. Val
entine's Day.
Entries may be given to either
Mr. Lane or , Bob Ropelewski
NJTTANY CUB editor. Prizes will
be awarded for the best song and
the best insignia.
For furthet information, see Mr.
Lane or Bob Ropelewski.
Vacation Starts
On Thursday
Behrend Campus students will
receive a Christmas vacation of
four weeks between the fall and
winter terms this year. The final
day of classes for the fall term
will be Monday, December 3, on
Convocation, this award is given
only when the faculty feels that
it has been well earned. Last year,
Dave Craley was granted the co
veted honor.
Each spring, the SGA reviews
possible candidates for the award.
It may or may not find someone
deserving of the honor. If any per
son is finally chosen, his name is
then submitted to the faculty for
final approval.
Here again, the faculty may or
may not consent to the validity
of the choice. If they do approve
the selection, however, that per
son is then granted the award.
Plans for Erie Hall
Has Dancing Area
A relocated, recovered, and refurmshed pool table and the
establishment of an area with new tables and chairs for student
lounging are the highlights of the recently S.G.A. approved floor
plan for the downstairs of Erie Hall, submitted by Bob Williams.
Bob, recently appointed Erie Hall Recreational Director for the
S.G.A., has stated that the changes in the present floor plan will
be made during the Christmas vacation and should be ready for
student use by the first week of the winter term.
Gannon College
Talisman Players
The Gannon College Talisman
Players are now in rehearsal for
their second production of the
year, "The Imaginary Invalid" by
Jean Baptiste Moliere.
The plot of this comedy cent
ers around the main figure. Ar
gan—a hypochondriac, a hysteric,
a neurasthenic. who has deceived
himself into the belief that he
is a sick man who must center
all his attentions to his health.
In an attempt to terminate his
enormous physician's fees, he at
tempts to arrange a wedding be
tween his daughter, Angelique,
and a dull pompous Thomas De
fois, a doctor just out of the uni
versity.
However, his daughter's fancy
has turned to the noble Cleante
for her future marital bliss. The
succeeding complexities evoke the
typical Moliere merriment that
must be seen—that cannot be
given justice with words.
"The Imaginary Invalid" will
be presented at the Carriage
House, 6th and Walnut Streets,
on December 6,7, 8, and 9, 1962,
at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $l.OO and
may be purchased from Miss
Sorze in the Main Office, Admin
istration Building or at the door
the night of the play.
which students will make up the
Thursday classes they missed or
Thanksgiving Day. December 4,
5, and 6, will be an examination
period and then students will be
"free" until January.
Registration for the winter term
will take place on Friday, Janu
ary 4. Winter term classes will
start on Monday, January 7. _
Monday, December 3; 1962
The present pool table, battered
and worn by almost constant
student use, will be completely re
covered with new cushions put
in place. It will then be located
in the area by the present loca
tion of the vending machines.
The administration has proniisea
to tile this section of the floor be
fore the pool, table is relocated.
New cue sticks, balls, a rake, and
other necessary pool equipment
will be purchased by the S.G.A.
for use with the rejuvenated
table.
In the present location of the
pool table, new tables and chairs
will be placed for the use of stu
dents. An area for dancing will
be cleared around the recently
acquired juke box. Together with
the relocated vending machines,
the ping pong tables, bowling al
leys, and student lounge in Erie
Hall, these new plans will provide
Behrend Campus students with
recreational facilities that will be
hard to beat, according to Di
rector Williams.
Hanging of Greens
The Christmas season officially
arrived on the Beinfend Campus
on Tuesday evening, November 20,
as the traditional Hanging of the
Greens Service was held in the
Behrend Chapel at the Winter
green Gorge Cemetery. Sixty Beh
rend students and faculty mem
ber's paid the annual tribute to
Ernst and Warren Behrend, who
are buried in the chapel.
The highlight of the service was
the placing of the Christmas
greens in memory of Warren Beh
tend by Jim Runzo, president of
the S.G.A. Preceding the service,
Mr. Lane, Dean of Student Af
fiars, explained the service and
spoke briefly of Warren and Ernst
Behrend. The service itself con
sisted of readings of the Christ
mas story, Christmas carols by the
assembly, the hanging of the
greens, a vocal solo by Mary
Jean Ferguson, and a talk
"Christmas, A Threefold Ap
proach" by Dean Lane.